![]() I understand that process is still a standard today for many gun parts.When military 1911 pistols were rebuilt, serial numbers were NOT erased and a different number stamped. As a result on some of their efforts to be better and faster, they developed the Austempering heat treating process that was perfected in the fall of 1944. They also made strong efforts to improve manufacturing processes. Remington Rand was a very aggressive company and at one time they were producing 50,000 pistols monthly. They were not only a known manufacturer of typewriters, but in the late 1930’s they developed the world first “dry electric shaver”.Īs an interesting side note, in the 1950’s the now retired Army General Douglas MacArthur served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Remington Rand. Remington Rand was formed by the 1927 merger of the Remington Typewriter Company, Rand Kardex Company, and Powers Accounting Machine Company. I would certainly imagine this would have applied to the male employees of Remington Rand during this time. As a result, the US Government deemed certain industries as “essential industries” and the employees of those companies were then draft exempt from the military service. I know that in WW II there were many companies that were producing the badly needed items for the war effort. The magazines were also made under contract and normally Remington Rands came equipped with magazines made by General Shaver, which was a division of Remington Rand, and were marked with a G, as it is on this one. ![]() The barrel in this gun was manufactured by High Standard as was commonly found in Remington Rands. The barrels were under contract to different companies. ![]() They actually produced almost as many as the other three wartime producers. 45s at the lowest cost, and are thought by many to have been the best quality of all producers. They also produced the highest number of. An interesting fact about Remington Rands is that more than half the work force was women. Other companies that also made these for the Government were of course Colt, Ithaca, Union Switch & Signal, and Singer, who made only a very small quantity. During WW II times, there were many civilian product related companies that were under contract to the US Government to manufacture “war effort” related items, just as S&W was under contract to make revolvers for our troops. This pistol was made by Remington Rand under a US Government Contract in the mid 1940’s. It seems this particular pistol never got the opportunity to do its job. 45 Automatic meant for US Army Government Issue, and for a soldier to carry into battle, to help save lives of our American troops during World War II. Here is a post I did on thie Forum quite a while back about a Remington Rand I own as well as some interesting information about the company. Colt, US&S and Singer all did, the pistols contracts were relatively small potatos compared to the other things they were involved in. (1) I don't think Rem-Rand had any other contracts other than pistols awarded to them. They all had to meet certain requirements or they wouldn't have gotten accepted. I don't think any of them are "better" than the others. I suspect both would fire many rounds before that happened. I have no idea what would happen if you had five of each and just kept firing them until parts started to break or failures occurred. However, the pistols I've seen made by both are very good for what they were designed for. ![]() I've always heard that Ithaca had the most problems and I have no reason to doubt this. Then James Rand himself stepped in and got things cracking. You will recall early on, they did have some real problems with rejects. stamped triggers, serrated instead of checkered parts. They were instrumental in finding some ways to cut production time and cut costs, i.e. I think a lot of the kudos heaped upon Rem-Rand had more to do with the ability to out produce(1) the other manufacturers and make a good quality product.
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